I have already steered a friend away from a Sony stereo to another brand, making it clear that Sony is not a good "citizen" and they would do well to stay clear of any Sony products.
What makes you think Sony's Electronics division has anything to do with Sony's Music Label?
I am thoroughly against Windows in general principle, and while I don't own one--I cerainly don't advise people against buying an XBOX simply because they have the same corporate label as Windows.
Some people need to grow up and put their boycotts into perspective. Sony has their fingers in a hell of a lot of pies and it's unrealistic to try and boycott them.
I'm guessing he didn't RTFM. It tells you where not to put your Xbox (carpets, enclosed spaces, etc.) Or in this case, don't put your Xbox in certain places, or it will overheat.
Wow, so we're not allowed to put our consoles on the floor in front of the television, or in the entertainment center?
You may not be able to copyright the name of a game, but you can certainly trademark it. This is why you cannot release a game called Tetris, even though you can make a perfect clone of the gameplay mechanics.
In fact, I don't even think you can legally release a game with the -tris suffix as that is also protected by trademark laws.
noun1 the expression of creative skill through a visual medium such as painting or sculpture. 2 the product of such a process; paintings, drawings, and sculpture collectively. 3 (the arts) the various branches of creative activity, such as painting, music, and drama. 4 (arts) subjects of study primarily concerned with human culture (as contrasted with scientific or technical subjects). 5 a skill: the art of conversation.
It's a bit wordy, but essentially games are art. Regardless of what interpretative muppets think.
Your idea is absolutely terrible from the perspective of people who run websites. What if I want to link to a particular document at a particular site? Do I like to a google search query and just hope that it's the first result?
Search engines are better than nothing, but by and large they are not great.
This defeats the entire point of hypertext, and you are taking the power away from the people and placing it squarely in the hands of the corporations (like Yahoo and Google).
I admit DNS is not that great, but it's so much better than what you're suggesting.
Or Darwinia, or Unreal Tournament 2004, or Quake IV, or Doom 3, or Transport Tycoon, or SiN, or Neverwinter Nights, or Postal, or Alpha Centauri, or Sim City 3000...
I know you were kidding, but there are some seriously good commercial games ported over to the ol' penguin.
Javascript is a client-side language, so as long as you have downloaded all of the code, then it should work at whatever speed your machine is capable of handing.
Maybe their boyfriend really needs to step back and re-evaluate his situation. He's not going to have a healthy relationship with anyone if he's got an 'addiction' to games.
Relationships are all about compromise, so maybe he should cut down on the games and spend more time with her, and maybe she should take a little time to play games with him and show a genuine interest in his hobby.
Just ditching each other over something like this, instead of working through it, is stupid.
A thirteen year-old Chinese boy jumped to his death last year from a 24 story building, allegedly after playing too much World of Warcraft. -- Joystiq.
I was just wondering exactly what portion of World of Warcraft, Warcraft III, or any Blizzard game contains a 24 storey building. And what part of this fictional game area involves you jumping to your death from it?
Yes, but you're buying a service, not a device. The device is merely a necessary part of the service. However, with the XBOX 2, you're buying a device, and the service is an option.
And 'pay as you go' mobile phones are not sold at a loss in any way, because you're buying a device, and not the service.
I wonder why Sony takes it's time developing their console as opposed to rushing it out the door to try to gain marketshare like some other greedy corporation does
The presence of the word other shows he is saying that Sony is a greedy corporation, and that Microsoft is another one.
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...isn't this illegal child labour?
I have already steered a friend away from a Sony stereo to another brand, making it clear that Sony is not a good "citizen" and they would do well to stay clear of any Sony products.
What makes you think Sony's Electronics division has anything to do with Sony's Music Label?
I am thoroughly against Windows in general principle, and while I don't own one--I cerainly don't advise people against buying an XBOX simply because they have the same corporate label as Windows.
Some people need to grow up and put their boycotts into perspective. Sony has their fingers in a hell of a lot of pies and it's unrealistic to try and boycott them.
everyone would be supporting this guy/joining the suit/boycotting Microsoft
No see, we're boycotting Sony at the moment. We can't boycott them both without being hypocrites, we want at least one console...
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I'm guessing he didn't RTFM. It tells you where not to put your Xbox (carpets, enclosed spaces, etc.)
Or in this case, don't put your Xbox in certain places, or it will overheat.
Wow, so we're not allowed to put our consoles on the floor in front of the television, or in the entertainment center?
That's pretty fucking awful product design.
You may not be able to copyright the name of a game, but you can certainly trademark it. This is why you cannot release a game called Tetris, even though you can make a perfect clone of the gameplay mechanics.
In fact, I don't even think you can legally release a game with the -tris suffix as that is also protected by trademark laws.
Because it's not a virus?
Wow, I like the way Sony has replaced Microsoft very suddenly, when referring to the "big evil".
And almost perfectly coinciding with the release of the XBOX 2.
It's a bit wordy, but essentially games are art. Regardless of what interpretative muppets think.
An economy that fails even faster!
Which is where Guild Wars has it exactly right, everything outside of Towns or Outposts is instanced.
This allows the game to be free of monthly fees.
...whatever resource unit the game decides to use as currency (which is a major issue in itself).
Wouldn't they just use latinum? As in the gold pressed latinum the Ferengi use, it's the only money I've ever seen in the show.
Or a pure trade economy perhaps?
*cough*
Not to sound like a zealot, but we have at least four decent browser, Firefox, Konqueror, Opera and Galeon.
Your idea is absolutely terrible from the perspective of people who run websites. What if I want to link to a particular document at a particular site? Do I like to a google search query and just hope that it's the first result?
Search engines are better than nothing, but by and large they are not great.
This defeats the entire point of hypertext, and you are taking the power away from the people and placing it squarely in the hands of the corporations (like Yahoo and Google).
I admit DNS is not that great, but it's so much better than what you're suggesting.
Microsoft is only a device-maker? Have you heard of Windows? Or Office?
I know it's in different markets, but that's not the point.
As for being the most open, ever heard of Trusted Computing or Palladium?
Or Darwinia, or Unreal Tournament 2004, or Quake IV, or Doom 3, or Transport Tycoon, or SiN, or Neverwinter Nights, or Postal, or Alpha Centauri, or Sim City 3000...
I know you were kidding, but there are some seriously good commercial games ported over to the ol' penguin.
Or is javascript not dependent on the server?
Javascript is a client-side language, so as long as you have downloaded all of the code, then it should work at whatever speed your machine is capable of handing.
I'm not so sure I trust Sony's software on my machine. Their record recently in this regard isn't too encouraging.
Are you still using Windows?
I thought so...
Maybe their boyfriend really needs to step back and re-evaluate his situation. He's not going to have a healthy relationship with anyone if he's got an 'addiction' to games.
Relationships are all about compromise, so maybe he should cut down on the games and spend more time with her, and maybe she should take a little time to play games with him and show a genuine interest in his hobby.
Just ditching each other over something like this, instead of working through it, is stupid.
A thirteen year-old Chinese boy jumped to his death last year from a 24 story building, allegedly after playing too much World of Warcraft. -- Joystiq.
I was just wondering exactly what portion of World of Warcraft, Warcraft III, or any Blizzard game contains a 24 storey building. And what part of this fictional game area involves you jumping to your death from it?
Obviously you don't have a lisp!
Disclaimer: I use Opera
Has anyone else noticed that the entire part of this page past the end of the article is in italics?
How the hell can you miss a closing tag so easily?
Off-Topic I know, but it's the first really broken HTML slipup I've seen on Slashdot.
Yes, but you're buying a service, not a device. The device is merely a necessary part of the service. However, with the XBOX 2, you're buying a device, and the service is an option.
And 'pay as you go' mobile phones are not sold at a loss in any way, because you're buying a device, and not the service.
I wonder why Sony takes it's time developing their console as opposed to rushing it out the door to try to gain marketshare like some other greedy corporation does
The presence of the word other shows he is saying that Sony is a greedy corporation, and that Microsoft is another one.
Your moms!
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Or something to that effect. Point is, regular people are the ones this will affect, and they are the ones that don't know about it.